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A Proper Solution To The Linux ASPM Problem

11-11-2011, 02:00 AM

Phoronix: A Proper Solution To The Linux ASPM Problem

At long last, it looks like there is an adequate solution to the Active State Power Management (ASPM) problem in the Linux kernel , a.k.a. the well-known and wide-spread power regression in the Linux 2.6.38 kernel, which has been causing many laptops to go through significantly more power than they should. This is not another workaround, but rather a behavioral change in the kernel to better decide when the PCI Express ASPM support should be toggled.

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'Bout fuckin' time! Seriously, this should have been fixed way earlier. If you introduce a regression, you revert to previous version, too bad the kernel devs don't get that...

That's what they did do. They introduced a power regression to get rid of a stability regression. It was the lesser of two evils until they came up with a proper solution ie try any copy what windows does